Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यो लोकानुग्रहार्थाय जपेददितिरित्यपि । तस्य लोकानुरागः स्यात्सलाभश्च विशेषतः

Transliteration

yo lokānugrahārthāya japedaditirityapi | tasya lokānurāgaḥ syātsalābhaśca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดปรารถนาความเกื้อกูลแก่ชนหมู่มาก แล้วสวดมนต์ “อะทิทิร …” ด้วย ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ความนิยมรักใคร่จากผู้คน และได้ลาภกับความสำเร็จเป็นพิเศษ

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• लोक-अनुग्रह-अर्थाय: for the welfare of the worlds
• लोक-अनुग्रह-अर्थाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान) / Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the purpose of)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अदितिः: ‘Aditi’
• अदितिः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• लोक-अनुरागः: people’s affection
• लोक-अनुरागः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lokasya anurāgaḥ / lokeṣu anurāgaḥ)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स-लाभः: gain/profit as well
• स-लाभः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सहार्थक (with gain)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from tīrthamāhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A community gathered near a sacred waterbody; a reciter chants 'aditir…' while townspeople offer respectful gestures, symbolizing earned goodwill and prosperity flowing into the settlement.

Characters & Entities

• Aditi (as mantra opening word)
• Mantra/Japa
• People (Loka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acts done for lokānugraha (the good of others) are said to return as goodwill, success, and auspicious gain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is the one being praised throughout Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya in this chapter; the exact name is not present in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of a mantra/ṛc identified by its opening word “aditir”, performed with the intention of benefiting people.